Removable bed ruffle assembly and associated method

ABSTRACT

An interchangeable bed ruffle assembly may include a bed platform capable of intercalating between the top mattress and the box-spring base of a bed. The bed platform has first fasteners attached to a top surface and juxtaposed along a perimeter and across an entire width of the bed platform respectively. An adjustable bed ruffle may be removably attached to the bed platform and be capable of being seated about an outer perimeter of the top mattress and the box-spring base. The bed ruffle preferably has a second fasteners attached to its inner surface. The plurality of second fasteners may be removably connected to select ones of the first fasteners respectively such that the bed ruffle hangs downwardly from the perimeter of the bed platform. In this way, the bed ruffle is freely disconnected from the bed platform while the bed platform remains at a stationary position.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.61/310,932, filed Mar. 5, 2010, the entire disclosures of which areincorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

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REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field

This invention relates to bed ruffles and, more particularly, to aremovable bed ruffle for providing users with an easy and convenientmeans of changing their bed ruffles without having to lift the mattress.

2. Prior Art

A bed is a piece of furniture used as a place to sleep. Beds may consistof a mattress placed on top of a box spring inner-sprung base. The boxspring is a large mattress-sized box containing wood and springs thatprovide additional support and suspension for the mattress. The boxspring will typically lie on a bed frame (which lifts themattress/mattress-box spring off the ground) or on slats (usually madeof 1″×4″ wood). A “headboard”, “side rails”, and “footboard” or “frontrail” will complete the bed. “Headboard only” beds often incorporate adust ruffle, bed ruffle, or valance platform to hide the bed frame. Thebed ruffle may be a decorative piece used to cover the box spring andlegs of the bed and fits between the mattress and box spring and hangsto the floor.

The bed ruffle is usually placed below the mattress and its ruffleshanging down may be easily dirtied due to it being exposed to theexternal elements such as vacuum cleaners, mops and the like. Theportion of the bed ruffle under the mattress is usually clean. Fortraditional bed ruffles, the complete bed ruffle complete with theruffles have to be removed from the bed for cleaning periodically. Thisis done by progressively lifting the mattress on one side, pulling thebed ruffle off that side and going on to another side until the completebed ruffle is pulled off the bed. For a female such as a house wife orthe elderly, this may prove difficult and tedious due to the weight ofthe mattress and usually two persons are required to do the job.

Accordingly, a need remains for an apparatus in order to overcome theabove-noted shortcomings. The present invention satisfies such a need byproviding a removable bed ruffle that is convenient and easy to use,lightweight yet durable in design, versatile in its applications, andprovides for changing bed ruffles without having to lift the mattress.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing background, it is therefore an object of thepresent invention to provide an assembly for assisting a user to quicklycustomize a bedding set without having to remove a top mattress from anassociated box-spring base. These and other objects, features, andadvantages of the invention are provided by a removable bed ruffle.

The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly may include a bed platformcapable of intercalating between the top mattress and the box-springbase of a bed respectively. The bed platform preferably has a pluralityof first fasteners attached to a top surface and juxtaposed along aperimeter and across an entire width of the bed platform respectively. Abed ruffle may be removably attached to the bed platform and be capableof being seated about an outer perimeter of the top mattress and thebox-spring base. The bed ruffle preferably has a plurality of secondfasteners attached to its inner surface. The plurality of secondfasteners may be removably connected to selected ones of the firstfasteners respectively such that the bed ruffle hangs downwardly fromthe perimeter of the bed platform. In this way, the bed ruffle is freelydisconnected from the bed platform while the bed platform remains at astationary position. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected andunpredictable advantage of easily removing and attaching the bed rufflefrom and to the bed platform without having to remove the top mattressfrom the box-spring base of the bed.

The first fasteners may include primary male and primary femalefasteners configured along a plurality of primary male and primaryfemale linear paths respectively, defined along the top surface of thebed platform. A first group of each of the primary male and primaryfemale fasteners may be oriented parallel to an x-axis and a secondgroup of the primary male and primary female fasteners may be orientedparallel to a y-axis. One skilled in the art understands that bedplatforms are made in different sizes such as king, queen, full and twinbed sizes for example. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected andunpredictable advantage of enabling the apparatus to be configuredaccording to the size of the bed in a one-size-fits-all construction.

The second fasteners may include auxiliary female fasteners configuredalong an auxiliary female linear path defined along a top edge of thebed ruffle. The auxiliary female fasteners may be oriented parallel tothe x-axis and located subjacent to a majority of the primary male andprimary female fasteners respectively when the bed ruffle is attached tothe bed platform. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected andunpredictable advantage of attaching the auxiliary female fasteners ofthe bed ruffle to the male fastener of the bed platform easily by auser. The bed ruffle may in addition be removed for washing with easeand be replaced with a matching bedding set without having to remove thebed platform below the top mattress.

A first linear array of the first group of primary female fasteners maybe registered parallel to an entire longitudinal edge of the bedplatform and detachably connected to a first linear array of the firstgroup of primary male fasteners such that the entire longitudinal edgeof the bed platform folds over an entire longitudinal length of the topsurface and thereby uniformly reduces a lateral width of the bedplatform. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictableadvantage of reducing the width of the bed platform with the lineararrays positioned to correspond with the various bed sizes as mentionedhereinabove.

A second array of the first group of primary female fasteners may belocated along a corner of the bed platform and thereby detachablyconnected to a second array of the first group of primary male fastenerssuch that the corner of the bed platform folds over a portion of the topsurface and thereby creating a linear edge diagonally extending from thelongitudinal edge of the bed platform to a latitudinal edge of the bedplatform. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictableadvantage of folding the corner edges of the bed platform in order toclear the bed posts of postal beds.

The bed platform may include first and second halves each preferablyhaving a medial longitudinal edge and a third fastener linearlyextending along the medial edges of the first and second halvesrespectively. In this way, the first and second halves are removablycoupled to each other via the third fastener when the medial edges arearranged in an overlapping pattern. The third fastener may be of thehook and loop type commonly used for removably attaching flexible andsoft fabric platform materials. Such an arrangement provides theunexpected and unpredictable advantage of reducing the width of the bedplatform so that the first and second halves may be used separately forsmaller beds thus saving expenses for the user from not having topurchase a multiple of these smaller bed platforms.

The invention may include a method of utilizing an interchangeable bedruffle assembly for assisting a user to quickly customize a bedding setwithout having to remove a top mattress from an associated box-springbase. Such a method may include the chronological steps of: providing abed platform preferably having a plurality of first fasteners attachedto a top surface thereof, the first fasteners may be juxtaposed along aperimeter of the bed platform and across an entire width of the bedplatform; providing a bed ruffle preferably having a plurality of secondfasteners attached to an inner surface thereof; intercalating the bedplatform between the top mattress and the box-spring base respectively;removably attaching the bed ruffle to the bed platform by removablyconnecting the second fasteners to selected ones of the first fastenersrespectively; downwardly hanging the bed ruffle from the perimeter ofthe bed platform such that the bed platform becomes seated about anouter perimeter of the top mattress and the box-spring baserespectively; and customizing the bed ruffle assembly by freelydisconnecting the bed ruffle from the bed platform while the bedplatform remains at a stationary position.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the invention in order that the detailed description thereofthat follows may be better understood, and in order that the presentcontribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additionalfeatures of the invention that will be described hereinafter and whichwill form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

It is noted the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S.Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, especially thescientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiarwith patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from acursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure ofthe application. The abstract is neither intended to define theinvention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is itintended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

The novel features believed to be characteristic of this invention areset forth with particularity in the appended claims. The inventionitself, however, both as to its organization and method of operation,together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best beunderstood by reference to the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a removable bed ruffle assembly, inaccordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the bed ruffles wrapped/snappedabout the bed platform for transport;

FIG. 2 a is a perspective view of the bed platform folded/snapped alonga longitudinal length thereof;

FIG. 2 b is a perspective view of the bed platform folded/snapped at acorner thereof for diverting the bed ruffle between the top mattress andbox-spring base when a night stand is abutted directly against the bed;and

FIG. 2 c is a perspective view of the bed platform showing the separablehalves connected via a non-limiting fastener such as a hook and loopfastener.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the figures are notintended to be drawn to any particular scale; nor are the figuresintended to illustrate every embodiment of the invention. The inventionis not limited to the exemplary embodiments depicted in the figures orthe shapes, relative sizes or proportions shown in the figures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which a preferred embodimentof the invention is shown. This invention may, however, be embodied inmany different forms and should not be construed as limited to theembodiment set forth herein. Rather, this embodiment is provided so thatthis application will be thorough and complete, and will fully conveythe true scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Likenumbers refer to like elements throughout the figures.

The illustrations of the embodiments described herein are intended toprovide a general understanding of the structure of the variousembodiments. The illustrations are not intended to serve as a completedescription of all of the elements and features of assembly and systemsthat utilize the structures or methods described herein. Many otherembodiments may be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewingthe disclosure. Other embodiments may be utilized and derived from thedisclosure, such that structural and logical substitutions and changesmay be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure.Additionally, the illustrations are merely representational and may notbe drawn to scale. Certain proportions within the illustrations may beexaggerated, while other proportions may be minimized. Accordingly, thedisclosure and the figures are to be regarded as illustrative ratherthan restrictive.

One or more embodiments of the disclosure may be referred to herein,individually and/or collectively, by the term “present invention” merelyfor convenience and without intending to voluntarily limit the scope ofthis application to any particular invention or inventive concept.Moreover, although specific embodiments have been illustrated anddescribed herein, it should be appreciated that any subsequentarrangement designed to achieve the same or similar purpose may besubstituted for the specific embodiments shown. This disclosure isintended to cover any and all subsequent adaptations or variations ofvarious embodiments. Combinations of the above embodiments, and otherembodiments not specifically described herein, will be apparent to thoseof skill in the art upon reviewing the description.

The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R.§1.72(b) and is submitted with the understanding that it will not beused to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Inaddition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, various features may begrouped together or described in a single embodiment for the purpose ofstreamlining the disclosure. This disclosure is not to be interpreted asreflecting an intention that the claimed embodiments require morefeatures than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as thefollowing claims reflect, inventive subject matter may be directed toless than all of the features of any of the disclosed embodiments. Thus,the following claims are incorporated into the Detailed Description,with each claim standing on its own as defining separately claimedsubject matter.

The below disclosed subject matter is to be considered illustrative, andnot restrictive, and the appended claims are intended to cover all suchmodifications, enhancements, and other embodiments which fall within thetrue scope of the present invention. Thus, to the maximum extent allowedby law, the scope of the present invention is to be determined by thebroadest permissible interpretation of the following claims and theirequivalents, and shall not be restricted or limited by the foregoingdetailed description.

The assembly of this invention is referred to generally in FIGS. 1-2 cby the reference numeral 10 and is intended to provide a removable bedruffle assembly. It should be understood that the removable bed ruffleassembly 10 may be used to quickly customize a bedding set withouthaving to remove a top mattress from an associated box-spring base.

Referring to the FIGS. 1-2 c in general, the interchangeable bed ruffleassembly 10 may include a bed platform 20 intercalated between the topmattress 11 and the box-spring base 12 of a bed, respectively. The bedplatform 20 preferably has a plurality of first fasteners 21 attached toa top surface and juxtaposed along a perimeter and across an entirewidth of the bed platform 20 respectively. For example, such firstfasteners 21 may be arranged in plurality of rows and columns. The rowsand columns may be equidistantly spaced apart to define a uniform gridpattern spanning along the top surface of the bed platform 20. Such agrid pattern is advantageous for permitting the user to uniformly modifya length and/or width of the bed platform 20 by aligning the firstfasteners 21 together.

Referring to FIG. 1, a bed ruffle 22 may be removably attached to thebed platform 20 and be capable of being seated about an outer perimeterof the top mattress 11 and the box-spring base 12. The bed ruffle 22preferably has a plurality of second fasteners 23 attached to its innersurface. Such second fasteners 23 may be removably connected to selectedones of the first fasteners 21 respectively such that the bed ruffle 22hangs downwardly from the perimeter of the bed platform 20. In this way,the bed ruffle 22 is freely disconnected from the bed platform 20 whilethe bed platform 20 remains at a stationary position. Such anarrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictable advantage ofeasily removing and attaching the bed ruffle 22 to the bed platform 20without having to remove the top mattress 11 from the box-spring base 12of the bed.

Referring again to FIG. 1, the first fasteners 21 may include primarymale and primary female fasteners 24, 25 configured along a plurality ofprimary male and primary female linear paths 90, 91, respectivelydefined along the top surface of the bed platform 20. A first group 50of each primary male and primary female fasteners 24, 25 may be orientedparallel to an x-axis 93 and a second group 51 of the primary male andprimary female fasteners 24, 25 may be oriented parallel to a y-axis 94.Such an arrangement of first fastener groups 50, 51 provides theunexpected and unpredictable advantage of enabling the apparatus 10 tobe configured according to the size of the bed in a one-size-fits-allconstruction. This permits the user to quickly align the outercircumferential edges of the bed platform 20 with the outer perimeter ofthe box-spring base 12 by folding and attached corresponding ones of thefirst fasteners 21 together.

As perhaps best shown in FIGS. 2 a-2 c, a bottom surface of the bedplatform 20 further includes a plurality of the first fasteners 21 thatbecome exposed and mated with the second fasteners 23 of the bed ruffle22. Such a structural arrangement provides the unexpected advantage ofquickly adjusting a height of the bed ruffle 22 by folding or unfoldingthe outer circumferential edges of bed platform 20 when used withvarious sized beds.

As perhaps best shown in FIG. 1, the second fasteners 23 may includeauxiliary female fasteners 26 configured along an auxiliary femalelinear path 95 defined along a top edge of the bed ruffle 22. One groupof the auxiliary female fasteners 26 may be oriented parallel to thex-axis 93 and located subjacent to a majority of the primary male andprimary female fasteners 24, 25, respectively, when the bed ruffle 22 isattached to the bed platform 20. Another group of the auxiliary femalefasteners 26 may be oriented parallel to the y-axis 94. Such anarrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictable advantage ofattaching the auxiliary female fasteners 26 of the bed ruffle 22 to theprimary male fastener 24 of the bed platform 20 without having to removethe bed platform 20 from the box-spring base 12.

As a non-limiting example, the bed ruffle 22 may include multipleindividual segments that are independently detachable from the bedplatform 20. Thus, each individual segment of bed ruffle 22 may bereplaced without detaching all three segments of the bed ruffle 22. Thebed ruffle 22 may be removed for washing and be replaced with a matchingbedding set without having to remove the bed platform 20 anchored belowthe top mattress 11.

Referring to FIG. 2 a in detail, a first linear array 53 of the firstgroup 50 of primary female fasteners 25 may be registered parallel to anentire longitudinal edge of the bed platform 20 and detachably connectedto a first linear array 54 of the first group 50 of primary malefasteners 24 such that the entire longitudinal edge of the bed platform20 folds over an entire longitudinal length of the top surface andthereby uniformly reduces a lateral width of the bed platform 20. Suchan arrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictable advantage ofselectively adjusting a width of the bed platform 20 with the lineararrays 53, 54 positioned to correspond with the various bed sizes asmentioned hereinabove. This structural arrangement of first fasteners 21alleviates the need to tuck or cram loose bed platform edges between thetop mattress 11 and box-spring base 12.

Referring to FIG. 2 b in detail, a second array 55 of the first group 50of primary female fasteners 25 may be located along a corner of the bedplatform 20 and thereby detachably connected to a second array 56 of thefirst group 50 of primary male fasteners 24 such that the corner of thebed platform 20 folds over a portion of the top surface and therebycreating a linear edge 70 diagonally extending from the longitudinaledge of the bed platform 20 to a latitudinal edge of the bed platform20. Such an arrangement provides the unexpected and unpredictableadvantage of folding the corner edges of the bed platform 20 anddiverting the bed ruffle 22 along arrays 55, 56. The ability to fold thebed platform 20 at its corners and lock the male and female primaryfastener arrays 55, 56 together permits leading edges of the bed ruffle22 to be freely adjusted in alternate positions without having toposition corresponding first and second fasteners 21, 23 along anexterior corner of the box-spring base 12. This structural configurationpermits a user to abut a night stand directly against the bed while thebed ruffle 22 remains uniformly fastened and tucked between thebox-spring base 12 and top mattress 11, which prevents the night standfrom tugging on the bed ruffle 22.

Referring to FIG. 2 c in detail, the bed platform 20 may include firstand second halves 20 a, 20 b each preferably having a mediallongitudinal edge and a third fastener 27 linearly extending along themedial edges of the first and second halves 20 a, 20 b, respectively. Inthis way, the first and second halves 20 a, 20 b are removably coupledto each other via the third fastener 27 when the medial edges arearranged in an overlapping pattern. As a non-limiting example, the thirdfastener 27 may be a hook and loop fastener used for removably attachingflexible and soft fabric platform materials. Such an arrangementprovides the unexpected and unpredictable advantage of permitting theuser to more easily pull out the bed platform 22 from between thebox-spring base 12 and top mattress 11 without having to entirely removethe heavy top mattress 11 from the box-spring base 12.

The present disclosure may further include a method of utilizing aninterchangeable bed ruffle assembly 10 for assisting a user to quicklycustomize a bedding set without having to remove a top mattress 11 froman associated box-spring base 12. Such a method may include thechronological steps of: providing a bed platform 20 preferably having aplurality of first fasteners 21 attached to a top surface thereofwherein the first fasteners 21 may be juxtaposed along a perimeter ofthe bed platform 20 and across an entire width of the bed platform 20;providing a bed ruffle 22 preferably having a plurality of secondfasteners 23 attached to an inner surface thereof; intercalating the bedplatform 20 between the top mattress 11 and the box-spring base 12respectively; removably attaching the bed ruffle 22 to the bed platform20 by removably connecting the second fasteners 23 to selected ones ofthe first fasteners 21 respectively; downwardly hanging the bed ruffle22 from the perimeter of the bed platform 20 such that the bed platform20 becomes seated about an outer perimeter of the top mattress 11 andthe box-spring base 12 respectively; and customizing the bed ruffleassembly 10 by freely disconnecting the bed ruffle 22 from the bedplatform 20 while the bed platform 20 remains at a stationary position.

In a non-limiting exemplary embodiment, the interchangeable bed ruffleassembly 10 may include a rectangular shaped bed platform 20 and aremovable ruffle 22. The bed platform 20 may include at least aplurality of fasteners 21 equidistantly spaced and further arranged tocorrespond to the outer edge portions of various sizes of beds such as“king”, “queen”, “full” and “twin”, for example. The removable ruffle 22may include at least a plurality of fasteners 23 equidistantly spacedalong an upper edge portion whereby fasteners 23 may detachably engagefasteners 21 on the bed platform 20, respectively. Of course a varietyof conventional fasteners may be employed without departing from thetrue scope of the present invention. The assembly 10 may be manufacturedin a variety of decorative designs and colors to match the various bedruffles, bed cover and blanket designs. Notably, the bed ruffle 22 maybe interchanged without having to lift the heavy mattress 11 from thebox-spring base 12.

As noted above, the primary male and female fasteners 24, 25 may includezippers, buttons, snaps, hooks, Velcro and/or other suitable fastenerswell know in the industry, to hold the removable ruffle 22 to the bedplatform 20.

While the invention has been described with respect to a certainspecific embodiment, it will be appreciated that many modifications andchanges may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. It is intended, therefore, by the appendedclaims to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within thetrue spirit and scope of the invention. In particular, with respect tothe above description, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensionalrelationships for the parts of the present invention may includevariations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner ofoperation.

1. An interchangeable bed ruffle assembly for assisting a user toquickly customize a bedding set without having to remove a top mattressfrom an associated box-spring base, said interchangeable bed ruffleassembly comprising: a bed platform capable of being intercalatedbetween said top mattress and said box-spring base respectively, saidbed platform having a plurality of first fasteners attached to a topsurface thereof, said first fasteners being juxtaposed along a perimeterof said bed platform and across an entire width of said bed platform;and a bed ruffle removably attached to said bed platform, said bedplatform capable of being seated about an outer perimeter of said topmattress and said box-spring base respectively, said bed ruffle having aplurality of second fasteners attached to an inner surface thereof, saidsecond fasteners being removably connected to selected ones of saidfirst fasteners respectively such that said bed ruffle hangs downwardlyfrom said perimeter of said bed platform; wherein said bed ruffle isfreely disconnected from said bed platform while said bed platformremains at a stationary position; wherein said bed platform comprises:first and second halves each having a medial longitudinal edge; and athird fastener linearly extending along said medial edges of said firstand second halves respectively; wherein said first and second halves areremovably coupled to each other via said third fastener when said medialedges are arranged in an overlapping pattern.
 2. The interchangeable bedruffle assembly of claim 1, wherein said first fasteners comprise:primary male and primary female fasteners configured along a pluralityof primary male and primary female linear paths respectively definedalong said top surface of said bed platform, a first group of each ofsaid primary male and primary female fasteners being oriented parallelto an x-axis and a second group of said primary male and primary femalefasteners being oriented parallel to a y-axis.
 3. The interchangeablebed ruffle assembly of claim 2, wherein said second fasteners comprise:auxiliary female fasteners configured along an auxiliary female linearpath defined along a top edge of said bed ruffle, said auxiliary femalefasteners being oriented parallel to said x-axis and located subjacentto a majority of said primary male and primary female fastenersrespectively when said bed ruffle is attached to said bed platform. 4.The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly of claim 2, wherein a firstlinear array of said first group of primary female fasteners areregistered parallel to an entire longitudinal edge of said bed platformand detachably connected to a first linear array of said first group ofprimary male fasteners such that said entire longitudinal edge of saidbed platform folds over an entire longitudinal length of said topsurface and thereby uniformly reduces a lateral width of said bedplatform.
 5. The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly of claim 2, whereina second array of said first group of primary female fasteners arelocated along a corner of said bed platform and thereby detachablyconnected to a second array of said first group of primary malefasteners such that said corner of said bed platform folds over aportion of said top surface and thereby creates a linear edge diagonallyextending from said longitudinal edge of said bed platform to alatitudinal edge of said bed platform.
 6. An interchangeable bed ruffleassembly for assisting a user to quickly customize a bedding set withouthaving to remove a top mattress from an associated box-spring base, saidinterchangeable bed ruffle assembly comprising: a bed platform capableof being intercalated between said top mattress and said box-spring baserespectively, said bed platform having a plurality of first fastenersattached to a top surface thereof, said first fasteners being juxtaposedalong a perimeter of said bed platform and across an entire width ofsaid bed platform; and a bed ruffle removably attached to said bedplatform, said bed platform capable of being seated about an outerperimeter of said top mattress and said box-spring base respectively,said bed ruffle having a plurality of second fasteners attached to aninner surface thereof, said second fasteners being removably connectedto selected ones of said first fasteners respectively such that said bedruffle hangs downwardly from said perimeter of said bed platform;wherein said bed ruffle is freely disconnected from said bed platformwhile said bed platform remains at a stationary position; wherein saidfirst fasteners comprise: primary male and primary female fastenersconfigured along a plurality of primary male and primary female linearpaths respectively defined along said top surface of said bed platform,a first group of each of said primary male and primary female fastenersbeing oriented parallel to an x-axis and a second group of said primarymale and primary female fasteners being oriented parallel to a y-axis.7. The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly of claim 6, wherein said bedplatform comprises: first and second halves each having a mediallongitudinal edge; and a third fastener linearly extending along saidmedial edges of said first and second halves respectively; wherein saidfirst and second halves are removably coupled to each other via saidthird fastener when said medial edges are arranged in an overlappingpattern.
 8. The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly of claim 6, whereina second array of said first group of primary female fasteners arelocated along a corner of said bed platform and thereby detachablyconnected to a second array of said first group of primary malefasteners such that said corner of said bed platform folds over aportion of said top surface and thereby creates a linear edge diagonallyextending from said longitudinal edge of said bed platform to alatitudinal edge of said bed platform.
 9. The interchangeable bed ruffleassembly of claim 6, wherein said second fasteners comprise: auxiliaryfemale fasteners configured along an auxiliary female linear pathdefined along a top edge of said bed ruffle, said auxiliary femalefasteners being oriented parallel to said x-axis and located subjacentto a majority of said primary male and primary female fastenersrespectively when said bed ruffle is attached to said bed platform. 10.The interchangeable bed ruffle assembly of claim 6, wherein a firstlinear array of said first group of primary female fasteners areregistered parallel to an entire longitudinal edge of said bed platformand detachably connected to a first linear array of said first group ofprimary male fasteners such that said entire longitudinal edge of saidbed platform folds over an entire longitudinal length of said topsurface and thereby uniformly reduces a lateral width of said bedplatform.